U.S. Patent 10540514 was awarded on January 21, 2020 and is entitled “Distributed network for storing a redundant array of independent blockchain blocks.” The first named inventor is Tyson York Winarski of Mountain View, CA. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

The present invention discloses a system for storing a blockchain on a distributed network. The system includes a distributed network containing a plurality of nodes. The system stripes a blockchain into individual blocks where each individual block is separately encrypted and stored on a different node of the distributed network. The system forms a parity block from the individual blocks striped from the single blockchain. The parity block is separately encrypted and stored on a node of the distributed network separate from the other nodes storing the individual blocks for the blockchain. The system uses a blockchain distributed network map identifying where all of the individual blocks and the parity block are stored on the distributed network to reassemble all of the individual blocks into an undivided single blockchain. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on August 01, 2019  as U.S. Patent Application 16/529684 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10540514. The primary examiner was Shin-Hon (Eric) Chen.

This blockchain patent has been cited 2 times by other U.S. patents according to our law firm research, and can be considered an innovative patent in the field of cryptocurrency and blockchain.

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